Research Article

Plant Species Composition and Conservation Values at Dilla University Botanical and Ecotourism Garden, Dilla, Ethiopia

Table 3

List of endemic species of DUBEG, their habit, and IUCN red list categories.

Scientific namesFamilyHabitIUCN red list category [18]

Acacia negrii Pic.-Serm.FabaceaeTVU
Aloe gilbertii Sebsebe & BrandhamAloaceaeShLC
Bidens ghedoensis MesfinAsteraceaeHLC
Clematis longicauda Steud. ex A. Rich.RanunculaceaeLLC
Clematis hirsuta L.RanunculaceaeLLC
Crotalaria awasensis ThulinFabaceaeShLC
Daucus hochstetteri (wild carrot)ApiaceaeHLC
Echinops kebericho MesfinAsteraceaeHVU
Erythrina brucei SchweinfPapilionaceaeTLU
Euphorbia bittataensis M. GilbertEuphorbiaceaeShLC
Euphorbia uniglans M. GilbertEuphorbiaceaeTEN
Ficus ruspolii WarbMoraceaeTVU
Kalanchoe laciniata L.CrassulaceaeHLC
Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers.CrassulaceaeHLC
Kalanchoe schimperiana A. RichCrassulaceaeHLC
Lippia adoensis Hochst. ex WalpVerbenaceaeShLC
Maytenus addat (Loes.) SebsebeCelestraceaeTNT
Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Bak.FabaceaeTNT
Pelargonium boranense I. Friis & M.G. Gilbert.PoaceaeGLC
Rubus aethiopicus R. A. GrahamRosaceaeLEN
Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C. JeffreyAsteraceaeShLC
Solanum marginatum L. f.SolanaceaeShLC
Thymus schimperi RonnigeerLamiaceaeHLC
Urtica simensis SteudelUrticaceaeHLC
Vepris dainellii (Pichi-Serm.) KokwaroRubiaceaeShLC
Verbascum stelarum MurbeckScrophulariaceaeHLC

T = tree, Sh = shrub, H = herb, C = climber, NT = nearly threatened, L = liana, LC = least concern, and VU = vulnerable.